Do you agree with the movie...
... being on this list?
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/lists-top-10-star-wars-imitators-worth-watching
Sure, why not. It was, and still is, a terrible movie.
shareIf you feel that way, why do you (kind of) agree with it being in a top 10 list?
shareBecause it's a top ten list of Star Wars knockoffs that failed. This one falls into that category.
Did you even look at the link? Answer; no.
I did read the article. While those movies failed to copy STAR WARS, the author didn't talk about them as if he was recounting the worst movies of... well, anything.
shareI looked at the list... I've seen all of the movies and Battlestar Galactica and all are bad. I saw them when they were new, except Orin, which I only managed to get through a few minutes of just a few years ago.
Are they worth watching? Well...
#1 - THE LAST STARFIGHTER is a landmark in use of (Now horrendously dated) CG effects and while clumsy in story, it's at least mildly likable. And the Craig Safan score is good.
#2 - BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS is too cheap, too simpleminded (The Seven Samurai in space only garishly silly) and, aside from the early James Horner score, totally forgettable.
#3 - KRULL is more high fantasy than SF and it reminds me of some favorite books like Andre Norton's "Witch World" series, but the central characters are bland and uninteresting and the story seems hasty and superficial (Compare the quest in Lord of the Rings). The only real saving graces are the Gandalf figures' part with the Widow of the Web and a dynamite James Horner score.
#4 - THE BLACK HOLE seemed dull and ponderous when I first saw it and I remember laughing out loud at the epic heaven and hell finale. Nice looking, if poorly conceived special effects ( the glowy meteor ploughing through the arboretum was amazingly silly but looked cool and the big space-drain of a black hole also looked cool but ridiculous.) and a listenable but inappropriate John Barry score (alternating ponderous and blaring) are the pluses...
#5 - SATURN 3 has an interesting slick looking future world and a nice attempt at isolated psychological horror but I just found the stars uninteresting in their roles. Also Harvey Keitel's voice is dubbed by someone else. Neat Elmer Bernstein score, though.
#6 - MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is a cheap looking, stupid film based on an animated series I never liked. A couple of fun actors are not enough to make it remotely good. Again, nice music, this time from Bill Conti.
I could go on...